Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. The film premiered at Cannes this May and opens nationwide this July. In a new interview, the stars remembered working with Burt Reynolds and Luke Perry on set. Burt, 82, passed away during filming in September. Luke, 52, died in March while Quentin was still editing the movie. Click through the gallery to read the sweet words they had for their former co-stars.
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Brad, 55, told
Esquire, “I’ll tell you one of the greatest moments I’ve had in these however many years we’ve been at it in this town: getting to spend two days with Burt Reynolds on this film.”
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Burt never filmed his scenes for the flick, but he had been on set rehearsing. “The last performance Burt Reynolds gave was when he came down and did a rehearsal day for that sequence, and then the script reading. And that was really amazing,” Quentin, 56, explained.
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“It was a f**king pleasure,” Brad added.
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“I found out from three different people that the last thing he did just before he died was run lines with his assistant. Then he went to the bathroom, and that’s when he had his heart attack,” Quentin explained.
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Brad explained his own connection to Burt. “Growing up in the Ozarks and watching Smokey and the Bandit, you know, he was the guy. Virile. Always had something sharp to say — funny as s**t. A great dresser,” he said. “And I had never met him, so being there with him reminded me of how much I enjoyed him as a kid. And then getting to spend those days with him in rehearsal, I was really touched by him.”
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Leo, 44, added, “And for that matter, you know, Luke Perry! I remember my friend Vinny, who is in the film as well, we walked in and we both had this butterfly moment of like, ‘Oh my God, that’s Luke Perry over there!’”
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Brad joined in on Leo’s fangirling. “We were like kids in the candy shop because I remember going to the studios and [Beverly Hills, 90210] was going on and he was that icon of coolness for us as teenagers. It was this strange burst of excitement that I had, to be able to act with him,” he said.
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“Man, he was so incredibly humble and amazing and absolutely committed. He couldn’t have been a more friendly, wonderful guy to spend time with. I got to sit down and have some wonderful conversations with him. It was really special,” the Troy actor remembered.
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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is Luke’s last film. He died from complications from a stroke in March.
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Brad, 55, told
Esquire, “I’ll tell you one of the greatest moments I’ve had in these however many years we’ve been at it in this town: getting to spend two days with Burt Reynolds on this film.”
Burt never filmed his scenes for the flick, but he had been on set rehearsing. “The last performance Burt Reynolds gave was when he came down and did a rehearsal day for that sequence, and then the script reading. And that was really amazing,” Quentin, 56, explained.
“It was a f**king pleasure,” Brad added.
“I found out from three different people that the last thing he did just before he died was run lines with his assistant. Then he went to the bathroom, and that’s when he had his heart attack,” Quentin explained.
Brad explained his own connection to Burt. “Growing up in the Ozarks and watching Smokey and the Bandit, you know, he was the guy. Virile. Always had something sharp to say — funny as s**t. A great dresser,” he said. “And I had never met him, so being there with him reminded me of how much I enjoyed him as a kid. And then getting to spend those days with him in rehearsal, I was really touched by him.”
Leo, 44, added, “And for that matter, you know, Luke Perry! I remember my friend Vinny, who is in the film as well, we walked in and we both had this butterfly moment of like, ‘Oh my God, that’s Luke Perry over there!’”
Brad joined in on Leo’s fangirling. “We were like kids in the candy shop because I remember going to the studios and [Beverly Hills, 90210] was going on and he was that icon of coolness for us as teenagers. It was this strange burst of excitement that I had, to be able to act with him,” he said.
“Man, he was so incredibly humble and amazing and absolutely committed. He couldn’t have been a more friendly, wonderful guy to spend time with. I got to sit down and have some wonderful conversations with him. It was really special,” the Troy actor remembered.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is Luke’s last film. He died from complications from a stroke in March.
